Gillian Darley is an architectural historian. Her books include John Soane: An Accidental Romantic (Yale University Press) and ‘Excellent Essex (Old Street Publishing.
The mayor's expansionist ambitions are ruining the city's historic character
The restoration at the Soane Museum is a masterpiece of forensic work
Public sculpture was one marker of an ambitious, aspirant and generous society, the kind of world that we urgently need to be reminded of
It's not just Paolozzi's mosaics that have come under threat in recent years. Is it time for a public catalogue of such items?
